Remigius ( French : Remy or Rémi ; c. 437 – 13 January 533) was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks ". On 25 December 496, he baptised Clovis I , King of the Franks . The baptism, leading to about 3000 additional converts, was an important event in the Christianization of the Franks . Because of Clovis's efforts, a large number of churches were established in the formerly pagan lands of the Frankish empire , establishing a distinctly Orthodox variety of Christianity for the first time in Germanic lands, most of whom had been converted to Arian Christianity .
18-466: Remigius was born, traditionally, at Cerny-en-Laonnois , near Laon , Picardy , into the highest levels of Gallo-Roman society. He is said to have been son of Emilius, count of Laon (who is not otherwise attested) and of Saint Celine , daughter of the Bishop of Soissons , which Clovis had conquered in 487. He studied at Reims and soon became so noted for his learning and sanctity, and his high status, that he
36-726: A near-conventional sense by the Church of England since the English Reformation is King Charles the Martyr ( King Charles I ), although he is not widely recognised by Anglicans as a saint outside the Society of King Charles the Martyr . The Church of England has no mechanism for canonising saints, and unlike the Roman Catholic Church it makes no claims regarding the heavenly status of those whom it commemorates in its calendar. For this reason,
54-617: The Apostles . No Old Testament figures are commemorated in the Church of England calendar, but the litany "Thanksgiving for the Holy Ones of God" (included in Common Worship: Times and Seasons on pp. 558–560, immediately after "The Eucharist of All Saints") includes ten names from before Christ, so they are presumably not excluded on principle, and could be considered among the saints. The ninth Lambeth Conference held in 1958 clarified
72-742: The Church of England and in the Episcopal Church on 1 October . List of churches dedicated to Saint Remigius: Cerny-en-Laonnois Cerny-en-Laonnois is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France . The lac de l'Ailette forms all of the commune's northern border. This Laon arrondissement geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Calendar of saints (Church of England) The Church of England commemorates many of
90-842: The Viking invasions and thence, in 1099 to the Abbey of Saint-Rémy . His tomb in Reims was deliberately desecrated on 7 October 1793 by a Commissioner of the Convention during the French Revolution due to the link between the tomb and royal patronage. His feast day in France and in the Traditional Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and USA is celebrated on 1 October. Remigius is honored also in
108-451: The Church of England avoids the use of the prenominal title "Saint" with reference to uncanonised individuals and is restrained in what it says about them in its liturgical texts. In order not to seem to imply grades of sanctity, or to discriminate between holy persons of the pre- and post-Reformation periods, the title "Saint" is not used at all in the calendar, even with reference to those who have always been known by that title, for example
126-482: The Frankish nobles, which he presented to the cathedral at Reims. Though Remigius never attended any of the church councils, in 517 he held a synod at Reims, at which after a heated discussion he converted a bishop of Arian views. Although Remigius's influence over people and prelates was extraordinary, upon one occasion his condoning of the offences of one Claudius, a priest whom Remigius had consecrated, brought upon him
144-504: The ambivalence regarding the manner of commemoration of uncanonised persons, all such days are Lesser Festivals or Commemorations only, whose observance is optional. The following table lists the Holy Days in the calendar of Common Worship , the calendar most generally followed in the Church of England (though the calendar of the Book of Common Prayer is still authorised for use). This calendar
162-708: The commemoration of Saints and Heroes of the Christian Church in the Anglican Communion. Resolution 79 stated: There is no single calendar for the various churches making up the Anglican Communion ; each makes its own calendar suitable for its local situation. As a result, the calendar here contains a number of figures important in the history of the English church. Calendars in different provinces will focus on figures more important to those different countries. At
180-489: The first bishop in 499; Arras , where he installed St. Vedast; and Laon, which he gave to his niece's husband Gunband. In 530 he consecrated Medardus , Bishop of Noyon . Remigius' brother Principius was Bishop of Soissons and also corresponded with Sidonius Apollinaris , whose letters give a sense of the highly cultivated courtly literary Gallo-Roman style all three men shared. The chroniclers of " Gallia Christiana " record that numerous donations were made to Remigius by
198-554: The kingdom of Clovis is proved to be spurious; it is presumed to have been an attempt of Hincmar to base his pretensions for the elevation of Reims to the primacy, following the alleged precedent of Remigius." A Commentary on the Pauline Epistles (edited Villalpandus, 1699) is not his work, but that of Remigius of Auxerre . Remigius' relics were kept in the Cathedral of Reims , whence Hincmar had them translated to Épernay during
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#1732855035283216-475: The matter of Claudius, two written to Clovis, and a fourth to Bishop Falco of Tongres . The "Testament of Saint Remigius" is apocryphal. A brief and strictly legendary "Vita" was formerly ascribed to Venantius Fortunatus . Another, according to Jacobus de Voragine , was written by Ignatius, bishop of Reims. A letter congratulating Pope Hormisdas upon his election (523) is apocryphal, and "the letter in which Pope Hormisdas appears to have appointed him vicar of
234-486: The rebukes of his episcopal brethren, who deemed Claudius deserving of degradation. The reply of Remigius, still extant, is able and convincing. Few authentic works of Remigius remain: his "Declamations" were elaborately admired by Sidonius Apollinaris, in a finely turned letter to Remigius, but are now lost. Four letters survive in the collection known as the Epistulae Austrasicae : one containing his defence in
252-544: The same saints as those in the General Roman Calendar , mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable (often post- Reformation ) Christians who have not been canonised by Rome , with a particular though not exclusive emphasis on those of English origin. There are differences in the calendars of other churches of the Anglican Communion (see Saints in Anglicanism ). The only person canonised in
270-620: The same time, different provinces often borrow important figures from each other's calendars as the international importance of different figures becomes clear. In this way the calendar of the Church of England has importance beyond the immediate purpose of supporting the liturgy of the English Church. It is, for example, one of the key sources of the calendar for the international daily office Oremus. Holy Days are variously categorised as Principal Feasts , Festivals , Lesser Festivals , or Commemorations . In order to minimise problems caused by
288-574: Was elected Bishop of Reims at age 21, though still a layman. The story of the return of the sacred vessels (most notably the Vase of Soissons ), which had been stolen from the church of Soissons, testifies to the friendly relations existing between him and Clovis, King of the Franks, whom he converted to Christianity with the assistance of Vedast (Vedastus, Vaast, Waast) and Clotilde , the Burgundian princess who
306-411: Was finalised in 2000, with some further names added in 2010. Individual dioceses and societies may suggest additional observances for local use, but these are not included here. The table includes the feast date, the name of the person or persons being commemorated, their title, the nature and location of their ministry or other relevant facts, and year of death, all in the form in which they are set out in
324-716: Was wife to Clovis. Even before he embraced Christianity, Clovis had showered benefits upon Remigius and the Christians of Reims, and after his victory over the Alamanni in the battle of Tolbiac at around 497 AD, he requested Remigius to baptize him at Reims (December 25, 496) in the presence of a large company of Franks and Alamanni; according to Gregory of Tours , 3,000 Franks were baptized with Clovis. King Clovis granted Remigius stretches of territory, in which Remigius established and endowed many churches. He erected bishoprics at Tournai ; Cambrai ; Thérouanne , where he personally ordained
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